Report to the Secretary of Agriculture: Agricultural Economics Research and Analysis Needs Mission Clarification

Abstract

"The congressional mandate to USDA to provide statistical and economic data and analysis concerned with the farm sector and farm management is very broad and goes back to the Organic Act of 1862, which established USDA Agricultural economics research and analysis has become increasingly important to provide the basic data for monitoring performance of the food and fiber system, setting farm policy and targeting and evaluating public farm programs."